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Alan Bates Biography

  • Birth Name: Alan Arthur Bates
  • Birth Place: Allestree, Derbyshire, England
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/17/1934, Aquarius
  • Date of Death: 12/27/2003
  • Profession: Actor
Alan Bates Fast Facts:
  • As a child, his musician parents encouraged him to become a concert pianist, until he told them he wished to be an actor instead.
  • Awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London at age 17, but delayed completing his studies in order to fulfill his mandatory military service.
  • Made his Broadway debut in 1956 in Look Back in Anger.
  • Starred in Women in Love, an acclaimed version of D.H. Lawrence's novel about two love affairs. The film was highly controversial due to the sexual themes and male frontal nudity.
  • Served as Patron of the Actors Centre, a London workshop for actors, and set up the Tristan Bates Theatre there in memory of his son.
  • Received his second Tony award, for Fortune's Fool, just a year before his death.
  • Was knighted in 2003.
    Alan Bates Relationships:
  • Benedick Bates - Son
  • Florence Mary Wheatcroft - Mother
  • Harold Arthur Bates - Father
  • Joanna Pettet - Significant Other
  • Martin Bates - Brother
  • Tristan Bates - Son
  • Victoria Ward - Wife (deceased)

  • College:
  • The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, England (1954)
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